B-Man Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 2 hours ago, B-Man said: Remember when Cuomo fired back at people who have lost jobs and would like the economy to re-open by telling them to “get an essential job”? Apparently pinning thousands of masks to a board was considered essential work. . 3 2
B-Man Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 Anti-COVID Technology Makes Returning to Work Safer New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is allowing upstate construction and assembly line businesses to reopen May 15, but other businesses have to stay shut longer. How long? That depends on how "essential" they are, he said. Sorry, Governor, but any business is essential if it's how you earn your paycheck. People need to work, and new research indicates for otherwise healthy, working-age people, it's safer than taking a car trip. "People under 65 years old have very small risks of COVID-19 deaths even in the hotbeds of the pandemic," according to Stanford scientists John Ioannidis, Cathrine Axfors and Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis. In New York, 70% of coronavirus deaths are people over 65 years old. In Michigan, it's 79%. And in Washington state, it's 92%. Instead of this pandemic spanning all ages, the coronavirus is a disease that kills one age group gruesomely. In Delaware, 58% of coronavirus deaths have been nursing home residents and their caregivers. In Massachusetts, 55%, in Pennsylvania, 51%, and in New Jersey, 40%. Shutting down the economy didn't stop these deaths. They were predictable. In Italy and Spain, over half of deaths were nursing home residents. Yet, health officials in New York, and most states, rushed to equip hospitals but ignored nursing homes. Without help, these facilities became death pits. Florida was an exception. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) rushed in medical supplies, deployed the National Guard to test residents and cut the nursing home death rate to roughly half New York's. As for younger people, a minuscule 1.8% of New York City coronavirus deaths are otherwise healthy people under 65. We've all seen news reports of a young mother or middle-aged coach tragically killed by coronavirus, but those are exceptions. Plans to reopen should focus on the majority, not these rare exceptions. Step one is opening up large workplaces, including office settings, where employers can proactively improve hygiene. Employers can erect hand sanitizer kiosks every few feet, provide antimicrobial keyboards and desktops and install continuous disinfection devices in the central air systems to reduce viral contamination. These technologies are already used in professional sports teams' locker rooms and manufacturing facilities. The upside is a healthier workforce and lower absenteeism even if the virus doesn't come back. Air travel can be made more hygienic by installing hand sanitizer dispensers near the touchscreens, jetways and security lines. Airlines are requiring masks, but the airport is the problem, according to MIT researchers. They estimate that installing hand sanitizers at the world's Top 10 airports could reduce pandemic risk by 37%. If all airports had them, the risk would go down 70%. New York's Port Authority could take the lead at the region's three airports. Similarly, hand sanitizers on subway platforms would improve safety for straphangers. New York City mass transit is facing a double health crisis, posed by the virus and by an influx of homeless using the cars as toilets and sleeping quarters. COVID-19 can survive on stainless steel for at least 48 hours, according to the New England Journal of Medicine. Most bacteria survive even longer, weeks in some cases. MTA workers manually scrub subway cars every two or three days. That's better than nothing, but barely. Applying antimicrobial coatings to subway poles and seats would continuously kill traces of the coronavirus and bacteria. Nature Research reported Monday that the coronavirus particles linger in the air for hours when spaces are crowded and ventilation is limited. Think subway cars and Grand Central Station at rush hour. New technologies can continuously reduce that viral burden. President Donald Trump has marshaled the private sector to cure the ventilator shortage and produce masks, medicines and vaccines. He features problem-solving CEOs at his briefings. It's time to deploy innovative technologies to make going back to work safer. Many workers are fearful, reports Fishbowl. No surprise. They've been bombarded with daily death reports that ignore age or health status. Reopening the economy should be guided by facts. And the fact is working-age people seldom die from the coronavirus. With precautions in place, they can go back to work. https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2020/04/29/anticovid-technology-makes-returning-to-work-safer-n2567806 1 2
KD in CA Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 4 hours ago, B-Man said: I suppose putting that giant board of masks together for a photo-op was an 'essential job'. 1
Taro T Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 4 hours ago, B-Man said: 12 minutes ago, KD in CA said: I suppose putting that giant board of masks together for a photo-op was an 'essential job'. Think we figured out where the CARES Act funding for the NEA ended up. 1
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, B-Man said: Remember when Cuomo fired back at people who have lost jobs and would like the economy to re-open by telling them to “get an essential job”? Apparently pinning thousands of masks to a board was considered essential work. . ...not sure how he has become the NYS media darling......with the population density in NYC coupled by the traveler influx worldwide, this city was WOEFULLY unprepared, NOT for Covid-19 which is an anomaly (unreasonable expectation IMO), but something "remotely similar" BUT on a far less percentage basis......with MILLIONS crammed in on top of each other, shouldn't there be some foresight as far as pro-active planning?.....even fundamental supplies were not available in NYS stockpiles which is incomprehensible.....so is the blame game valid?.... 1
Orlando Buffalo Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Tiberius said: Cuomo killing it today! How much does Kentucky and Florida suck away from the federal tit every year? What do Florida and Kentucky matter to the State of New York? Unless the actions of another state are causing NY problems.
Buffalo_Gal Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, B-Man said: Anti-COVID Technology Makes Returning to Work Safer New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is allowing upstate construction and assembly line businesses to reopen May 15, but other businesses have to stay shut longer. How long? That depends on how "essential" they are, he said. Erm. I hope nobody blows in the construction sites that we passed by today (while out on errands) that were up and working. 1
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) ...yet his ratings are through the roof and he's yapping about how he funds the state of Florida (HINT: PO'ed at New Yorkers fleeing tax hell)......a VERY wealthy WNY developer relocated to Florida and escaped ordinary income tax on capital gains......he was under Big Fredo's Gestapo Surveillance Squad for more than a year hoping to bust him on the residency requirement.....one of my employees formerly worked for the individual.... Coronavirus: Amid New York's unused hospital beds and ventilators, critics point to mass waste and mismanagement By Hollie McKay | Fox News While New York has weathered the brunt of coronavirus infections and deaths, the state’s apparent hoarding of medical supplies, and the millions spent on equipment that never arrived, as well as unused hospitals and beds, have some questioning what went wrong. Early to mid-March projections of the spread of COVID-19 had the state scrambling to bolster its hospital bed capacity to more than double its 53,000 maximum status-quo. Subsequently, hospitals statewide were ordered to discharge patients to free up beds, and forced to add new ones as non-emergency procedures were canceled. In addition to a bevy of state orders, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made desperate overtures to the federal government to step in. In response, and in record time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers scrambled to erect at least four field hospitals, and the Navy deployed its USNS Comfort hospital ship to Manhattan. However, those efforts – and the many millions of dollars spent on them – have largely been deemed a waste, even as New York has battled a soaring a death toll and is maintaining stay-at-home orders. So what happe ned? "[The models] have been extremely inaccurate," Dr. David Samadi, a New York-based surgeon, told Fox News. "These models gave a horrifying prediction that suggested COVID-19 could kill anywhere from 200,000 to 1.7 million Americans. Currently, it looks to be more like 60,000 to 65,000 deaths. While any American life lost to this virus is a shame, the death and infection rate is looking not quite so bleak as it was in the beginning." https://www.foxnews.com/us/coronavirus-crisis-amid-new-yorks-unused-hospital-beds-and-entilators-critics-point-to-waste-and-mismanagement Edited May 1, 2020 by OldTimeAFLGuy 3
B-Man Posted May 2, 2020 Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) INGRATITUDE IS A CORE ATTRIBUTE OF LEFTISM: Mayor Bill de Blasio’s despicable baiting of Samaritan’s Purse. NYC is simultaneously demanding more help from the rest of America, and spitting on those who show up. In the words of a famous ex-president, don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother. LIFE IN ANDREW CUOMO’S NEW YORK: Coronavirus: Amid New York’s unused hospital beds and ventilators, critics point to mass waste and mismanagement. . Edited May 2, 2020 by B-Man 1
B-Man Posted May 2, 2020 Posted May 2, 2020 Not what the media is "spreading" Gov. Andrew Cuomo Had the Worst Response to the Crisis of Any Governor in America. 2
B-Man Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 What Gov. Cuomo owes cystic fibrosis patients New York Daily News, by Gunnar Esiason Original Article In the middle of a global health crisis, New York State government has told some of the most vulnerable people living in the state: Sorry, we can’t help you anymore. In a letter dated April 23, the Department of Health informed a small number of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF) that they would no longer be given assistance with medical payments via the New York State Adult Cystic Fibrosis Assistance Program (ACFAP). The program must be reinstated.
B-Man Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Another 1,700 coronavirus deaths reported in NY nursing homes Read more at nbcnews.com ... . 1
Reality Check Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 1 hour ago, B-Man said: Another 1,700 coronavirus deaths reported in NY nursing homes Read more at nbcnews.com ... . Less retirement benefits to pay out. 1
Buffalo_Gal Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, B-Man said: Well, they were not run out until they were down to the last eight or nine patients they were taking care of. When they were no longer necessary, , they were suddenly bigots. Nice political principles. 6 1
Cinga Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Well, they were not run out until they were down to the last eight or nine patients they were taking care of. When they were no longer necessary, , they were suddenly bigots. Nice political principles. One of the few charities I give to because almost every cent goes to the needy. Edited May 5, 2020 by Cinga 2
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